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Nov 2014
The parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman published a report on the 29 October 2014 summarising 161 investigations the Ombudsman carried out this year. In one case, a man died following a liver biopsy and it was found that there were various failures in his care, including inappropriate discharge from Accident & Emergency. Consent to the…
11
Nov 2014
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reported on 29 October 2014 that a day old baby suffered permanent brain damage as a result of serious mistakes by a nurse and two doctors during an urgent blood transfusion. The baby required the transfusion after developing severe jaundice. She deteriorated fast during the transfusion, developing difficulty breathing…
07
Nov 2014
A report has warned that patients are being made to feel frightened when making complaints to the NHS, many being confronted by hostile staff who denied having done anything wrong. Others feared that if they pursued the complaint, they would be treated even worse out of spite. The report, put together by charity The Patients…
22
Oct 2014
On 6 October 2014, Business Secretary Vince Cable publish a review aimed at “improving the clarity and status of the British workforce”. The review follows on from recent commentary and consultation regarding the role played by ‘casual’ or ‘zero-hours’ workers, and will hopefully give an indication of whether any rights for different types of workers…
22
Oct 2014
The conciliation service ACAS has recently published a detailed guide on managing bereavement in the workplace. The guide may be of particular interest to businesses in developing their own policy given the lack of regulation surrounding this issue. Whilst the law does allow employees to take unpaid dependant leave in the case of an emergency…
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Oct 2014
Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, employees have the right to take a reasonable amount of unpaid leave in circumstances where there is an unforeseeable situation affecting a dependant. This may apply where a dependant falls ill, where care arrangements break down or where there is an incident at a child’s school which needs attention.…
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